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Okay. /diy/ it's fucking cold and I don't want to use my heater (computer is right in front of it). How could I make a small, diy fireplace?

pic related, somethng like that, except with wood (unless something else is cheaper)

>> No.349775

get supplies to make something like that picture and then use it

your welcome

>> No.349776

>>349771
put the wood in a pile and light it on fire

>> No.349778

Well your first problem is your house will fill with smoke and smell like a campfire for the next month. Your second problem is if you make it too big you will start to get sleepy and wake up dead from carbon monoxide.

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349779

You'll want a flue or something unless you like the carbon monoxide poisoning.

Pic is from a 1978 Mother Earth News article on making a woodstove from an old water heater tank.

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349782

>>349778
how can you wake up dead?

>> No.349784

>>349782
humor

>> No.349785

>>349771
Just use the computer as a heater. Start encoding some videos, and watch the temps soar!

>> No.349786

>wood-burning heater
enjoy your carcinogens

>> No.349788

>>349785
yup.
Last winter i sat with my heater of in a basement only heated by my computer.
It was like -5--10 celsius outside.

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349793

>>349786
Problem?

>> No.349827

>fill something with candles
>cover with mesh to protect house

>> No.349836

do not set fires inside your homes please. accidents can happen and people can die. its incredibly illegal everywhere in the world for a damn good reason. also the smoke would stain your walls and fuck your lungs, chimneys exist for a reason. dont earn yourself a darwin award while burning your family to death.

>> No.349837

>>349836
insulate your children

>> No.349839

>>349771
wow bad idea OP, thats how house fires start (and people suffocate), heres a trick i learned once when the power went out for 3 weeks in a fucking ice storm , get a shit ton of empty 2 liters, fill them with boiling water, shove them in bed or blanket fort, INSTANT AWESOME, also were not made for constant cold, trust me been in it, you get sick and lethargic QUICK , so fix that shit, and if need be suck it up and turn on the fucking heater

tl;dr--hot water 2 liter bottles in your blanket

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>>349836
Stop being an idiot.

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349847

>>349771
Make one of these. The wood stove can be anything that is thick metal. Like an old tank, even one as small as an old fire extinguisher tank would work.

>> No.349848

>>349786
you know thats how we survived as a species right, pretty sure it worked out,bet your the kind of guy who doesnt eat bbq for the same reason, i feel like your the kind of person that needs to get dumped off in the middle of the woods to learn better

>> No.349850

>>349847

why waste a dolley? what purpose does it serve?

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>>349771
Google up some DIY camp stoves that are used inside tents. They are pretty easy to make and you can use mostly household items with a few items for the chimney from the store.

>> No.349852

>>349850
>portable stove.png
>portable

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>>349859

>> No.349861

That is cute as fuck

>> No.349865

>>349860
How about a cut sheet/mat list ?

do's / dont's

nice job

>> No.349879

>>349786
>>349836
>>349839
Fucking cowards


>>349848
>>349846
^^ all these

>> No.349881

>>349879
i posted
>>349839
&
>>349848
im just not stupid enough to want to possibly start a house fire and not use a chimney

>> No.349883

>>349865
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5133931/all/Homemade_stove_project_Lo
oking

http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=26369&start=432

>> No.350111

Look into something like this. Ran into it while doin some Xmas shopping.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B003CLYMY4/ref=aw_d_cr_lawn-garden

>> No.350116

>>349846
OP is not talking about a fireplace with proper ventilation and safety features.

He's talking about lighting a fire in the middle of his house.

>> No.350145

OP, first off, you'll need a chimney of some sort or you'll just fill your house with smoke.
I'd recommend you get some kind of steel cylinder, maybe 12 inches or so across and about 1.5 times as high. Part of an old tank from a junkyard might do it. Cut out a rectangular hole in the front which will be your fireplace, and cut a hole out of the top which will attach to your flue. Now, the chimney itself. Get some dryer tubing. Not the flexible aluminum-foil kind because that will burn up, but the kind that's bendable but solid metal. Attach that to the top and then run the other end out a window. Place the thing on a slab of stone or something that's not flammable. You may light your fire inside the cylinder, and the smoke will go out through the pipe. Meanwhile, the cylinder will get really hot, and you can use this to your advantage by heating your flat or even cooking on it.
Or you could do this really small scale with a coffee can. Everything the same, except you won't be cooking anything on it except maybe a marshmallow.

>> No.350163

>>349848
Yes, because cavemen were well known for their long lifespans.

>> No.350165
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350165

image taken from

http://www.small-house-building.com/finishing/exterior/finishing-the-roof

and

http://www.englandsstoveworks.com/help/PelletStove/through_roof.html

>> No.350166

wood burning stoves, up to $200 (probably $300 with shipping)

https://www.google.com/search?q=wood+burning+stove&hl=en&biw=1600&bih=732&sa=X&e
i=x8XHUJbCPIeW8gTl8ICwBQ&ved=0CDQQpwUoAA&tbs=price%3A1%2Cppr_max%3A200%2Cppr_min%3A&tbm=
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350171

You can get one of these

>> No.350172

house so efficient, no heating is needed

http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/04/26/pf-uh-straw-home.cnnmoney/

how to ($12)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1568985142/ref=sr_1_3_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1351044923&sr=8
-3&keywords=building+a+straw+bail+house&condition=used

or (free, same book):

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3922906/Building_a_Straw_Bale_House_-_The_Red_Feather_Construction_Ha
ndb

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>>350116

>> No.350205

>>350172
>OP is cold and wants to make a fireplace
>suggests that he build a new house

>> No.350210

>>350205
>sees a post he thinks is stupid
>makes fun of him and is a huge jerk
>fuck you!

>> No.350217

It depends on where you are, but in the USA the cheapest form of heating you can BUY is electricity, easily. Wood will only cost less if you just happen to have a lot of firewood already laying around.

The best electric heaters are the radiant kinds, like in this pic-
>>350171
Such heaters tend to be small and must be facing you to warm you up, but they use very little electricity so it's not a huge draw to have them by you running much of the time.

>> No.350239

Some more...reasonable suggestions on how to stay warm for you, OP:

-Cover your head and neck. You lose A LOT of heat from your head and neck, and keeping these places warm will keep you warm.
-Cover your feet, same deal as with head and neck.
-Use fluffy, loose clothes in layers or blankets for warmth. Air is a surprisingly good insulator, so wearing clothes that hold in lots of warm air keeps you warmer.
-mittens are fugly, but warmer than gloves for the same reason stated above.
-put plastic over your windows, they have it at your regular home improvement stores. You can use a thick blanket if you're desperate and don't mind stapling it/taping it to your wall.
-caulk or cover any drafts you can. Place rolled up towels on the bottom of doors to keep the draft out.
-Stop eating and drinking cold things. Drink hot drinks whenever you can. The colder something is, the more energy is lost by your body trying to heat it up.

>> No.350247

>>350239
Oh, another nice way to stay warm is an electric blanket or heating pad, if you are sitting still. Place it wherever you're feeling cold. You can make your own microwavable heating bag, if you like:

you'll need:
filler (some good cheap fillers are: uncooked rice, uncooked oatmeal, uncooked beans, or flax seed)

Cotton fabric (an old pillowcase lying around often works, or jeans if you want a heavy duty fabric) DON'T use a rayon or polyester as it will start to warp and get nasty and shit.

Optional: your favorite tea. Add a few teabags or a few teaspoons and you will get a delicious comfy heat bag.

Cut out 2 rectangles of the same size. Make sure that you leave 1/2" around for seam allowance. Sew three sides all the way, and leave about 3 inches on the 4th side unsewn. turn it the right side out. fill with filler. whipstitch closed.

To use, stick it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

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>>349771
what about an alcohol stove?
pic related

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350254

dress warmer

>> No.350256

>>350163
people still regularly use fireplaces, i dont even..

>> No.350631

>>349771
> I don't want to use my heater (computer is right in front of it).

Move your computer.

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>>349771
Fire place?? Asphyxiation issues dude.

Just get yourself a king sized electric blanket that you can wrap yourself up burrito style. That's what I do every year.

I would note that if you do NOT have some form of house-heating going on - it's likely that your pipes will freeze and burst. You don't want that. If that heater behind your computer is what you rely on to not have that happen - move your fucking computer. The End.

>> No.350747

I have this and it's awesome
http://www.celyatis.com/bouillotte-electrique-ardes-sole-mio.html
the heat lasts for hours

>> No.350760

>>349771

burning things in a small room without providing the flame both a source of O2 and an exhaust leads to CO production and death.

sometimes what you want isn't reasonable. this is one of those times.

plug in the fucking electric heater.

>> No.351557

>>349785
Don't encode videos, mine bitcoins or use one of those distributed computing projects, like Folding @ Home

>> No.351568

If you can't afford heating costs, why are you on the Internet?

American I assume.

>> No.351575

>>351568

depending on how cold it is where you live (how often you'll need heating), internet in america is a lot cheaper than heating.

>> No.351582

>>351575

>Implying Internet is more important than heating your family

Murika

>> No.351589
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351589

if you want an easy hand warmer, get a 9v battery and short the 2 contacts using a paper clip or something untill the battery gets warm/hot , disconnect paperclip and got yourself a quick and easy hand warmer. shit works like magic

>> No.351608

Get a propane tank and a circular burner thing, put the burner is some kind of largish bowl, cover with sand/gravel/marbles/whatever. Connect propane to it and bad ass burning sand or whatever.

>> No.351609

>>351608
This is what I'm talking about:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Sand-Fire-Garden/

>> No.351643

The heat from your computer and monitor as well as your own self generated heat is easily enough to warm you

Move your computer to a smaller room or put a screen/wall behind you to reflect the heat back into your nerd space if thats not viable

Put heaps of blankets and shit around, even on the walls, floors, you'll be toasty in no time dawg

>> No.351655

>>351568
American here.

My internet is free.

...thanks to be neighbors. lol

>> No.351686

>>351609

That is for outdoor use only. If you tried to use that indoors you would asphyxiate yourself.

And for you hurr durr people burned wood forever morons. Respiratory diseases from indoor fires that aren't properly vented (cooking fires mostly) is one of the leading causes of death in developing countries.

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>>351655
>...thanks to be neighbors. lol

>> No.351735

Maybe a vortex tube that sends the cold air outside, with heat sinks to get the heat off of the tube into the room?

>> No.351737

>>350172
Doesn't help anymore, ever since that shit came out, every hipster and nerd on the planet has tried to build one, now straw is so expensive it's not worth it.

>> No.351748

>>350217
That's definitely not true. Natural gas still beats it on price in the USA. Electricity is the most expensive source of heat unless you're somehow paying less than 3¢ per kwh or pirating your electricity.

Where I am in Seattle, we pay around 9¢ per kwh, which is slightly less than the national average (hooray hydropower), and switching to natural gas usually cuts the heating bill by 2/3. Even switching to wood, if you use a modern EPA listed stove, will yields a good 1/2 reduction in heating bills over electricity. For reference, a cord of split hardwood, delivered, costs around $250 in Seattle.

>> No.351749

>>351557
This. Just pick a distributed computing project you like and run it all the time. If that's not enough heat for you, buy a kerosene room heater at the hardware store.

>> No.351763

>>351737
Straw is the same price it has been for nearly 10 years here ($2.50 a bale). You see, it grows back.

The problem is that all the farmers are moving to round bales and square bales are becoming a thing of the past.

>> No.353655

>>349771
bump